Michael was your best friend at Adams Elementary, working together was fun, even if during class periods (which was most of the day) you didn’t get to see each other, lunch breaks and the few times you guys had actually hung out outside of work had proven that you two were each others brief reprieve from administrative bureaucracy and the common bad day.

Halloween was your day. You loved Halloween, and you’d been bullying serial costume ditcher Michael into taking it more seriously too.

You stood in the hall, greeting the kids as they came in through the doors, you glanced at the other end, seeing Michael approach you.

“Oh my god…” You started to laugh as you saw him.